‘Robot Chicken,’ ‘Futurama’ Top Animated Emmy Noms

Robot Chicken and Futurama each scored two nominations in the animation and VFX categories for the 2014 Emmy Awards, announced this morning.

Robot Chicken earned a nomination for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program for the “Born Again Virgin Christmas Special” episode, with co-creator Seth Green earning a nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for the episode “DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise.”

The now-concluded Futurama series scored a nomination both for Outstanding Animated Program for the episode “Meanwhile” and Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for Maurice LaMarche in the episode “Calculon 2.0.”

The Simpsons was not nominated for Outstanding Animated Program for the first time since 1994, though Harry Shearer was nominated for voicing Kent Broc.